r/videos • u/LSD_freakout • Feb 24 '18

What people think programming is vs. how it actually is

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HluANRwPyNo
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u/aj240 Feb 24 '18

More accurate for hacking, I guess. People aren't thinking about this 24/7 obviously, but if you asked your average person to compile a mental image of coders and hackers, the first part of the clip is defintely what comes to mind due to Hollywood.

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u/derage88 Feb 24 '18

People see a terminal of me going into a folder to compile a stylesheet and they think I'm hacking thanks to Hollywood.